Pediatric Surgical Pulmonary Valve Replacement Outcomes After Implementation of a Clinical Pathway.
Alex J KatzRichard P LionTimothy MartensJennifer NewcombeAnees RazzoukWendy ShihRambod AmirnovinBrent M GordonPublished in: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery (2022)
Formalization of a perioperative surgical pulmonary valve replacement clinical pathway can safely promote short hospital length of stay without any short-term readmissions or reinterventions, especially when compared with previously published benchmarks. Such formalization enables the dissemination of best practices to other institutions to reduce hospital length of stay and limit costs.